11 where he saw the two soldiers who were missing from the patrol. He ordered them into the vehicle and 22 asked whether it was they who had fired; they replied in the negative. 61. At around 9:15 p.m. on August 9, 1994, the military patrol led by Sgt. Maj. Antonio Vivas Chapillequen reported to the police station in Ate Vitarte and, with the consent of the patrol commander, a National Police Specialist Second-Class carried out a partial disassembly of the 15 soldiers’ weapons, noting that the FAL rifle belonging to one of the soldiers was giving indications of having been recently 23 discharged. Later, at around 11:00 p.m. that same day, the commander of the military detachment where the patrol was based reported to the Ate Vitarte police station and stated that the rifle that had been discharged was in safekeeping at the military base and that the soldier who had fired it was under 24 arrest. 62. Ms. Zulema Tarazona Arrieta was 22 years of age, worked as a secretary at the Oscar Benavides M. SR. Ltda. funeral home, was studying computer science, was unmarried, and lived with her parents, Maria Lucila Arrieta Villenas and Víctor Tarazona Hinostrosa, and five older siblings (Nelly, 25 26 Moisés, Jorge, Nora, and Luzmila Tarazona Arrieta). She died as a consequence of “brain injury” and her corpse had a “large open wound, with a loss of skin tissue, scalp, and bone, affecting the left side face and cranium; also, bruising on the front of the chest, on the left leg, with indications of severe 27 traumatic impact.” Ms. Norma Teresa Pérez Chávez was 21 years old, lived with her parents, Santiago Pérez Vela and Nieves Emigdia Chávez Rojas, and three younger siblings (Jorge Richard, Jaime William, and Giovanna Edith Pérez Chávez), was a 5th-semester student of nursing at the Ramiro Prialé Prialé28 Chosica Institute, and was carrying out nursing practice at the Vitarte Medical Center. She died as a 29 result of a “firearm penetration wound (1) in the chest.” 63. Mr. Luis Alberto Bejarano Laura was 27 years old at the time of the facts, was single, lived with his parents, Wenceslao Bejarano Valenzuela and Victoria Laura Huaqui, and two sisters (Ana Isabel and Gladys Victoria Bejarano Laura), and worked as a security guard at the company Vigilia 30 Peruana. Mr. Bejarano received emergency treatment at the Vitarte II Hospital on August 9, 1994, for a penetrating gunshot wound (bullet) to the abdomen and underwent surgery that same day; the procedure was an “exploratory laparotomy, repairs to lacerations of the transverse colon wall, and extraction of 22 Annex 11: Statement given by Antonio Vivas Chapillequen of the Peruvian Army to the representative of the Public Prosecution Service on August 17, 1994. Annex to the petitioners’ communication of January 22, 1996. 23 Annex 5: National Police of Peru statement No. 450-IC-H-DDCV, National Criminal Investigation Directorate, October 7, 1994. Annex to the petitioners’ communication of January 22, 1996. 24 Annex 5: National Police of Peru statement No. 450-IC-H-DDCV, National Criminal Investigation Directorate, October 7, 1994. Annex to the petitioners’ communication of January 22, 1996. 25 Annex 4: Statement given by Ms. Lucila Arrieta Bellena, mother of Zulema Tarazona, to the 27th Criminal Court of Lima on January 11, 1995. Annex to the State’s communication of July 1, 1996. Annex 2: Grounds of the remedy for annulment presented by the civil complainants on August 6, 2008, against the judgment of July 23, 2008, with respect to its provisions regarding redress. Annex to the petitioners’ submission of July 27, 2011; Annex 9: Death certificate of Zulema Tarazona Arrieta, signed by the registrar of Ate-Vitarte municipality. Annex to the State’s communication of December 14, 2004. Annex 10: Autopsy record of Zulema Tarazona, Legal Medicine Institute of Peru, August 10, 1994. Annex to the State’s communication of December 14, 2004, and reported by the petitioners in their communication of August 3, 2005. 26 Annex 5: National Police of Peru statement No. 450-IC-H-DDCV, National Criminal Investigation Directorate, October 7, 1994. Annex to the petitioners’ communication of January 22, 1996. 27 Annex 6: Complaint lodged by APRODEH with the Attorney General on October 25, 1994, with reference to Forensic Medical Report No. 7834. Annex to the petitioners’ submission of January 22, 1996. 28 Annex 2: Grounds of the remedy for annulment presented by the civil complainants on August 6, 2008, against the judgment of July 23, 2008, with respect to its provisions regarding redress. Annex to the petitioners’ submission of July 27, 2011, and reported by the petitioners in their communication of August 3, 2005. 29 Annex 7: Autopsy report of Norma Teresa Pérez Chávez, August 10, 1994, Public Prosecution Service, Legal Medicine Institute of Peru. Annex to the petitioners’ communication of January 22, 1996. 30 Reported by the petitioners in their communication of January 22, 1996, and reported by the petitioners in their communication of August 3, 2005.